Pipework Analysis – Solving Piping Stress Related Issues |
At DC White, we have decades of experience in solving piping stress-related issues for clients across many industries including chemical, nuclear and process plant, automotive, marine and renewable energy. It is this breadth of experience that enables us to identify potential difficulties. For example we still encounter piping designs that reproduce the errors made over forty years ago, which lead to events such as the Flixborough disaster. Inexperience can lead to failure.
At DC White, we have decades of experience in solving piping stress-related issues for clients across many industries including chemical, nuclear and process plant, automotive, marine and renewable energy. It is this breadth of experience that enables us to identify potential difficulties.
For example we still encounter piping designs that reproduce the errors made over forty years ago, which lead to events such as the Flixborough disaster. Inexperience can lead to failure.
Experienced Engineering Consultants
Our long experience in pipe design and pipe stress analysis led to our appointment to design the piping and support brackets for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the London Jubilee Underground Line, and to undertake analysis of the sprinkler systems for the St. Pancras station platform and undercroft
Our long experience in pipe design and pipe stress analysis led to our appointment to design the piping and support brackets for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the London Jubilee Underground Line, and to undertake analysis of the sprinkler systems for the St. Pancras station platform and undercroft
The benefits of using us for piping engineering
DC White combine practical nous, gained from a wide range of real process safety cases, a high degree of academic insight and the latest powerful software tools.
The benefits of using us for piping engineering
There are many reasons why clients use us for piping engineering again and again, but perhaps the most important is our ability to combine practical nous, gained from a wide range of real process safety cases, with a high degree of academic insight and the latest powerful software tools.
Our approach to pipe stress engineering
The most common tools used in pipe stress engineering are Finite Element packages which can be very powerful. However, we believe that you shouldn’t be given a calculator until you have learnt to count. The first analytical tools our stress piping engineers turn to are:
Once we have fully considered a problem, performed preliminary calculations and agreed a clear scope, we turn to our more advanced tools.
Hand calculations with MathCAD are a powerful, flexible and clear way of constructing an argument. For more complex systems we would then reach for other renowned commercial packages including AutoPIPE, Caesar II, and our own FEA software.
Contact us for further information on our stress pipe engineering services.
Our approach to pipe stress engineering
The most common tools used in pipe stress engineering are Finite Element packages which can be very powerful. However, we believe that you shouldn’t be given a calculator until you have learnt to count. The first analytical tools our piping engineers turn to are:
Once we have fully considered a problem, performed preliminary calculations and agreed a clear scope, we turn to our more advanced tools.
Hand calculations with MathCAD are a powerful, flexible and clear way of constructing an argument. For more complex systems we would then reach for other renowned commercial packages including AutoPIPE, Caesar II, and our own FEA software.
Contact us for further information on our stress pipe engineering services.
Our specialist piping experience
DC White has extensive experience in the design and substantiation of a wide variety of piping systems, including:
Our specialist piping experience
DC White has extensive experience in the design and substantiation of a wide variety of piping systems, including:
Design substantiation
We provide expert analytical and design services at all stages of pipe design development and operation:
We provide a fully independent design substantiation service and can complete static, dynamic, seismic and fatigue analysis to national and international standards, e.g. BS EN 13480-3:2012 (previously BS806) and ASME B31.3. We are also experienced in design for water hammer and steam hammer effects.
We will recommend design improvements for all aspects of pipe systems, in particular support methods, flange selection and material specifications.
Design substantiation
We provide expert analytical and design services at all stages of pipe design development and operation:
We provide a fully independent design substantiation service and can complete static, dynamic, seismic and fatigue analysis to national and international standards, e.g. BS EN 13480-3:2012 (previously BS806) and ASME B31.3. We are also experienced in design for water hammer and steam hammer effects.
We will recommend design improvements for all aspects of pipe systems, in particular support methods, flange selection and material specifications.
Process safety and pipe failure analysis
We offer expertise in process safety management and asset integrity for plant and, in particular, piping and piping support.
We also conduct pipe failure analysis to determine root cause of problems and propose an engineered solution to prevent recurrence. Read more about our Failure Analysis service
Process safety and pipe failure analysis
We offer expertise in process safety management and asset integrity for plant and, in particular, piping and piping support.
We also conduct pipe failure analysis to determine root cause of problems and propose an engineered solution to prevent recurrence. Read more about our Failure Analysis service
Latest case study
Pressure Relief Pipework Analysis and Design
The Problem DC White Engineering Consultants Ltd were commissioned to design and assess pressure relief pipework. This was to be installed to an existing pressure vessel weighing several hundred tonnes containing process chemicals. The piping arrangement was assessed against the ASME B31.3 Process Piping code using CAESAR II software. Internal pressure, thermal loading (expansion) and dynamic vibration were included within the assessed load cases and the analysis [...]
Latest case study
Pressure Relief Pipework Analysis and Design
The Problem DC White Engineering Consultants Ltd were commissioned to design and assess pressure relief pipework. This was to be installed to an existing pressure vessel weighing several hundred tonnes containing process chemicals. The piping arrangement was assessed against the ASME B31.3 Process Piping code using CAESAR II software. Internal pressure, thermal loading (expansion) and dynamic vibration were included within the assessed load cases and the analysis [...]
